Mad Max - WikipediaMad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian action film directed by George Miller, produced by Byron Kennedy, and starring Mel Gibson as "Mad" Max Rockatansky, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, and Roger Ward James McCausland and Miller wrote the screenplay from a story by Miller and Kennedy The film presents a tale of societal collapse, murder, and revenge set in a future